Improvement in monuments



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No. 189,327 Patented April 10, m7.

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MPEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGYDN. n. C.

Unrru STATES ALEXANDER SMITH, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK.

PATENT QFFIoE.

IMPROVEMENT lN MONUMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,327, dated April10, 1877; application filed September 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER SMITH, of Palmyra, in the county of Wayneand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Monuments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which thefigare is a sectional elevation of my invention, the right-hand sidebeing shown in elevation, and the left in section, from top to bottom.

Monuments made of marble or granite, being very expensive, can only bepurchased by the wealthy, and wood or clay, from either of which theymight be formed at low rates, is too frail and destructible to be at allpractical for such purpose. I

The object of my invention is to provide a metal monument, which may beafforded at a fraction of the cost of one made of stone or marble of acorresponding size and style, and which shall also be durable.

It consists of a monument formed of castiron sections, which areconnected together by peculiarlyformed couplings.

I provide a suitable sole-plate, E, which may be placed upon afoundation made of masonry. This plate has a dovetail-shaped Ilocking-bar, a, formed upon its upper side, and extending from side toside. The lower edge of the pedestal or next member D is provided with acorresponding dovetail recess. The bar a is also preferably madesomewhat wed ge-shaped from end to end or longitudinally, to facilitatefitting the parts together.

The bars 1;, c, and d are similarly formed. The

upper edge of section D is formed with a dovetail-bar, b,to couple thenext member or section 0 to the pedestal, and each successive member issimilarly coupled to the other.

If desired, the dovetail bars may be bolted to their respective members,instead of being formed therewith.

To prevent the possibility of the parts or sections becoming detached,there might be a key or a screw inserted in the joint between themembers on one side, transversely from the coupling-bars.

The inscription-panels f may be formed upon the pedestal D, or they maybe made separate, as indicated at f, and attached with screws orotherwise. The letters may be similarlyattached, or they may be formedupon the plates.

As shown, in the drawing, section A is octagonal, B round, and the othermembers square; but their form, size, 850., may be varied to suit. Theymay all be made plain, or ornamental, at about the same cost. They maybe painted and sanded, or, if desired, they might be marbleized at alittle additional cost.

Head-stones might be similarly formed in one or more sections.

What I claim as my invention is-- A metallic sectional mon'ument havingits members connected together by dovetail coupling-bars a, arrangedtransversely across the sections, substantially as shown and described,for the purposes set forth.

- ALEXANDER SMITH.

Witnesses:

. WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH,

N. A. PIERCE.

